While Eatonville is no longer a backwoods town in a rural area, the art collections of Maitland Artist Andre Smith evoke the charm of a simpler time and place in the first incorporated all-black city.

Eatonville Memories: Zora Neale Hurston's Eatonville

By Kristy Andersen

While Eatonville is no longer a backwoods town in a rural area, as described in Zora Neale Hurston's novels, the art collections of Maitland Artist Andre Smith evoke the charm of a simpler time and place in the first incorporated all-black city in the nation.